“All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.”
William Shakespeare book Shakespeare's Sonnets
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
“For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.”
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
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